Fresh
Watch this movie for its imagination, not its logic.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The Saddest Music in the World
"If you're sad, and like beer, I'm your lady."
2003 · 1h 40m · R
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Directed by
Guy Maddin
Overview
In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Silly, sick and surreal, it's a triumph of style over message or entertainment value.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
The weirdest movie of the summer. OK, the year.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten
From time to time during the 99-minute running time, I kept thinking of those old Off Off Broadway impositions on wriggly audiences -- or was it just me who was the transplanted Village square trapped among all the hipsters?
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
Provocative title, provocative premise, provocative direction, routine movie.
Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News
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